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In reply to @ppatel.

@ppatel @objectinspace Add to this that it depends on which translations they're using. Assuming it's a public domain one, like the King James or any in that translation family except the New King James, yeah there are going to be some definite problems with regard to all kinds of bias.

In reply to @ppatel.

@ppatel @KaraLG84 I'm not sure where King is taking his reference from, but they're definitely not the same Gilead. Atwood is referencing Gilead as in "balm of Gilead," which is now a figure of speech for a universal cure thanks to the 1611 King James Bible.

In reply to @bermudianbrit.

@bermudianbrit Try running it through https://archive.is

In reply to @Beatlesandworms.

@Beatlesandworms It's gonna be vodka o'clock over here in a little while.

In reply to @Orinks.

@Orinks @ppatel @wiljames Also, in the U.S., the Earn It Act's back in congress again, which also has narley "save the children!" theater in it, so yeah if I'm Open AI's legal department, I'm telling them just to avoid that kind of stuff completely, thereby avoiding the associated risk.

In reply to @ppatel.

@ppatel @Orinks @wiljames To add to this, Open AI wants GPT to be able to be used in places other than the U.S. Like the UK. Whose online safety bill has passed I believe, Which has some pretty narley "save the children!" type stuff in it and carries some hefty fines for violations.This is about liability, not naked censorship.

In reply to @bryansmart.

@bryansmart @simon @matt @cordova5029 What I'm saying is I don't think it's an either/or between allow or enable bad behavior, or abuse children and then leave it to survival of the fittest. Sure, you can achieve results through abuse and get the social behaviors you want. But once those kids grow up, they'll either resent you for it, or worse, pass it on to the next generation of blind people they come into contact with

In reply to @bryansmart.

@bryansmart @simon @matt @cordova5029 I'm not saying allow for excuses or anything like that. But there's a difference between firm which is necessary, or strict which is also sometimes necessary, and harsh. You can be effective without being harsh. NFB leadership, with all the shit they've been sweeping under the rug, is what happens when you take the last generation raised in that environment and put them in power.

In reply to @bryansmart.

@bryansmart @simon @matt @cordova5029 I mean, we can all lament the fact that blind schools changed, in some ways for the worse, but part of the reason that happened is because of the extracurricular activities going on there.

In reply to @bryansmart.

@bryansmart @simon @matt @cordova5029 You can teach blind children how to socialize with people in the sighted world without implementing some sort of harsh punishment scheme. I think there are definitely aspects of older blindness education that should have been kept, but I don't think that means we should just bring it all back either.

In reply to @summersun704.

@summersun704 Sir and ma'am are overrated. Way overrated. And usually only insisted upon by people experiencing a power trip.

In reply to @wesderby.

@wesderby Can I listen using Fubar? Because this sounds like it'll be a really good show.

@lynnskyi @MichiganPal @Marvella Bard's search has got to be the dumbest search I've ever used. This includes Windows search and WordPress native search, which is pretty dumb.

In reply to @geoff.

@geoff Yeah that's me. I boost. A lot. and I get that it can be overwhelming. So I strongly encourage people to turn off my boosts if it's a problem for them.

In reply to @simon.

@simon @bryansmart @matt @cordova5029 I think it depends on which perspective you look at it from. It was likely a mix of better at some things and really bad at others.

In reply to @aurooba.

@aurooba Bottoms without deep pockets. These jeans I'm wearing have what are essentially token pockets, and while I like these jeans I absolutely hate the pockets because very few things fit.

In reply to @matt.

@matt @miki @bryansmart @cordova5029 @simon I'd have to double check specific companies, but I think in most cases it's been more like all the accessibility contractors were cut while in-house teams stayed. That's completely sidestepping the bit about no one actually listening t o their in-house accessibility teams but that's a road I don't want to go down because frankly I'll just go on for hours lol.

In reply to @matt.

@matt @bryansmart A bit of both, for different reasons. At least where I grew up, the alternative to mainstreaming was packing us all off to the Governor Morehead school When I lived in Columbus, at least the blind school was down the street.

In reply to @bryansmart.

@bryansmart @matt @cordova5029 @simon This is true, but now you have a 2+generation situation that you'd have to undo before they could become a drop-in. This would maybe be fixable if we were 10 years in, but 50+60 years is an incredible gap to bridge and I'm not sure anyone with enough resources has the willpower for that. To say nothing of what you do for the multidisability kids you'd necessarily have to displace.

In reply to @miki.

@miki @x0 @matt @bryansmart @cordova5029 @simon Unless something has changed drastically with publishers in the last 5 years or so, they don't become easier to deal with for college or non-high-school materials. Not in the U.S. at least. And they usually don't know what LaTeX is, let alone have anything other than the PDF, if that.